Button loop



Dec. 31, 1935. w, E EMAN 2,026,174

'BUTTON LOOP Filed Feb. 11, 1932 Patented Dec. 31, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BUTTON LQOP William M. Hueseman, Dillsboro, Ind.

Application February 11, 1932, Serial No. 592,361

1 Claim. (01. 24-73) This invention relates to an improved'button loop for suspenders.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a button loop for suspenders which is formed in such a manner that accidental displacement of said loop from a button will be eifectually prevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a button loop wherein said loop may be disengaged from the button with a minimum amount of effort.

A further object of the invention is to provide a button loop wherein one arm is provided with a bowed portion cooperating with the fabric of a suspender strap for permitting ready removal of the loop from a button. I

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a button loop which is characterized by the utmost simplicity and durability and which may be manufactured cheaply.

Other and incidental objects of the invention, not particularly mentioned in the foregoing, will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of overalls with the improved button loop attached to the straps thereof,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing the button loop as it would appear in normal engaged position,

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing the button loop as it would appear when about to be disengaged from the button,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the device in position,

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional View of the device on the line 55 of Figure 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Figure 6 is a plan view showing the device in slightly modified form.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral I indicates a conventional pair of overalls which are provided with the usual straps 2, having buckles 3 and buttons t at the upper margin of the bib of said. overalls.

My improved button loop is preferably formed from a single length of wire which is of sufiicient diameter to prevent bending thereof when the suspenders are being laundered or under other more or less strenuous conditions. The button loop comprises upper and lower arms 5 and 6 which are disposed in substantially parallel 55 spaced relation throughout the major portion of their lengths, said upper and lower arms being connected at their opposite corresponding ends by bights I and defining a strap receiving slot 8. As will be observed the center portion of the arm 5 is bowed upwardly as indicated by the numeral 9 and the opposite ends of said bowed portions are rounded as shown at Ill. The free end portions of the length of wire preferably meet substantially intermediate the bowed portion 9 and said ends are spot welded or otherwise rigidly connected to each other. The arm 6 is provided intermediate its ends with a downwardly directed substantially U-shaped bow I I defining a button receiving seat I2. The bow II is disposed directly opposite the bow 9 and the end portions of said bows are rounded as indicated by the numeral I3. The strap 2 is normally carried in the slot 8 which is, as heretofore stated, defined by the arms 5 and 6, and as the arms are disposed in parallel relation, the strap will be permitted to lie fiat against the arm 5 of said arms.

In use, when it is desired to place the button loop upon a button, the rim of the button is first engaged under the edge of the portion of the strap 2 which is disposed beneath the bowed portion 9. The button is then forced upwardly which will cause the portion of the strap 2 to be disposed Within the bowed portion 9. In this manner the button is presented to the loop so that the portion of the rim of said button opposite the strap will clear the bowed portion II of the arm 6. The bowed portion I I may then be hooked beneath the rim of the button. When the loop is released, the shank of the button will slip down into the seat I2, and in View of the fact that the bow I I is of a relatively great depth, danger of slipping of the button from said how is reduced to a minimum. If said button should be caused to ride up within the bow II, the portion of the strap 2 overhanging said how II will engage the shank of said button and will prevent displacement of said button from the loop.

It will thus be seen that a button carried in the are rounded as indicated by the numerals l U and IS, the portion of the fabric strap 2 will not be subjected to undue wear which would otherwise be occasioned by repeated engagement of said portion of the strap with sharp corners.

It is further pointed out that the rounding of the corners facilitates the insertion of both the cloth of the strap and the shank of the button to their respective positions in the respective bows.

Referring now to the modification of the device, as shown in Figure 6 of the drawing, the numeral i l indicates, in general, a button loop formed from a single piece of relatively heavy Wire. The button loop comprises a straight upper arm [5 and a lower arm l6 which is substantially parallel to the arm I5 and is provided intermediate its length with a substantially U- shaped depending bow I1. Connecting the opposite corresponding ends of the arms 5 and. I6 are bights l8. It is to be observed that the bow H is relatively deep and is provided with a relatively wide mouth defined by curved end portions l9. The bow I1 is adapted to receive the shank of the button 4 in the same manner as in the preferred form of the invention, In view of the fact that the bow I1 is provided with a relatively wide mouth, the bow is permitted to slip from engagement with the button without forcing the strap upwardly as in the case of the preferred form of the invention. Aside from the foregoing, the operation of the modified form of the invention is identical with the preferred form thereof.

It will be seen that I have provided a button loop which may be slipped off and on a button readily but which will not become disengaged from the button accidentally. It is furthermore, pointed out that I have provided a device which is characterized by the utmost simplicity.

What is claimed is:

The combination of a rigid button loop comprising an endless piece of wire formed to provide communicating strap-holding and buttonreceiving loops, an enlargement provided by the strap-holding loop, a looped strap within the strap-holding loop and covering the enlargement from which the button loop may be suspended by means or" said strap-holding loop, and a button 20 having a shank adapted to be seated within said retaining loop, the communicating loops being so relatively associated that the portion of the strap covering said enlargement provides a yielding element cooperating with the retaining 25 loop to secure said seated button against unintentional release.

WILLIAM M. HUESEMAN. EL. 5.] 

